Comments on: Remain Aggressive http://www.2-speed.com/2009/01/remain-aggressive/ Entrepreneurial Leadership and Management . . . and Other Stuff Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:03:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: For Impact Open Coaching Network » Blog Archive » Remain Aggressive (via 2-Speed) http://www.2-speed.com/2009/01/remain-aggressive/#comment-68977 For Impact Open Coaching Network » Blog Archive » Remain Aggressive (via 2-Speed) Sun, 26 Apr 2009 22:51:41 +0000 http://www.2-speed.com/2009/01/remain-aggressive/#comment-68977 [...] guy in Colorado to read @ feld.com. He directed me to 2-Speed (Will Herman) and this post: Remain Aggressive. You need to read this post - it’s strong enough to balance out a lot of the other [...] [...] guy in Colorado to read @ feld.com. He directed me to 2-Speed (Will Herman) and this post: Remain Aggressive. You need to read this post – it’s strong enough to balance out a lot of the other [...]

]]> By: Will http://www.2-speed.com/2009/01/remain-aggressive/#comment-56033 Will Sun, 01 Feb 2009 19:04:00 +0000 http://www.2-speed.com/2009/01/remain-aggressive/#comment-56033 Nick, Glad I can be of some help. While I can't claim any particular expertise wrt nonprofits, I can certainly see the similarity in this regard (in most, actually). Nick,

Glad I can be of some help. While I can’t claim any particular expertise wrt nonprofits, I can certainly see the similarity in this regard (in most, actually).

]]> By: Nick Fellers http://www.2-speed.com/2009/01/remain-aggressive/#comment-56025 Nick Fellers Sun, 01 Feb 2009 16:58:38 +0000 http://www.2-speed.com/2009/01/remain-aggressive/#comment-56025 Will - just found your blog via Feld. Great read. Thank you. I'm directing our readership (mostly nonprofits) to your post. It's EVERY bit as applicable for nonprofit leaders - now is not a time to bury down in the sand. Too many nonprofits have gone from defense (normal posture) to hibernation. Now is the time to go for it - get on offense (engage more potential funders, get out of the office, tell the story, etc. etc. etc.). Will – just found your blog via Feld. Great read.

Thank you. I’m directing our readership (mostly nonprofits) to your post. It’s EVERY bit as applicable for nonprofit leaders – now is not a time to bury down in the sand. Too many nonprofits have gone from defense (normal posture) to hibernation. Now is the time to go for it – get on offense (engage more potential funders, get out of the office, tell the story, etc. etc. etc.).

]]> By: Matthew Mamet http://www.2-speed.com/2009/01/remain-aggressive/#comment-55955 Matthew Mamet Sun, 01 Feb 2009 00:46:19 +0000 http://www.2-speed.com/2009/01/remain-aggressive/#comment-55955 Will, Yes, we are definitely in agreement. My comment was more meant to augment rather than contradict. I guess there's also a big part of me that's not feeling sorry for the flash and sizzle companies that are fizzling out now . . . In any event, I'm glad I discovered your blog today and look forward to reading more in the future. - Matthew Mamet http://www.InternetTechBoston.com http://www.Twitter.com/msmamet Will,
Yes, we are definitely in agreement. My comment was more meant to augment rather than contradict. I guess there’s also a big part of me that’s not feeling sorry for the flash and sizzle companies that are fizzling out now . . .

In any event, I’m glad I discovered your blog today and look forward to reading more in the future.

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Matthew Mamet
http://www.InternetTechBoston.com
http://www.Twitter.com/msmamet

]]> By: Will http://www.2-speed.com/2009/01/remain-aggressive/#comment-55951 Will Sat, 31 Jan 2009 22:41:36 +0000 http://www.2-speed.com/2009/01/remain-aggressive/#comment-55951 Matthew, I like your simile. Very appropriate. Hopefully, though, I don't state or give guidance to blindly "keep moving forward" as you suggest. My goal was not to present a map to people but to lay out the process for each company to create their own map. Very basic concepts, of course, but ones that I see being ignored by many. If, for some reason, I've failed to communicate my core points, let me use this comment to be very clear. Know your market, customer, differentiation and sales process through and through. Gather information - both direct and tangentially. Only then can you possibly start making decisions about how to organize your company and move forward. With this new, relatively complete set of information and an organization structured around it, you can drive the company forward at the most aggressive rate possible. I think we're in violent agreement :-) Matthew,

I like your simile. Very appropriate. Hopefully, though, I don’t state or give guidance to blindly “keep moving forward” as you suggest. My goal was not to present a map to people but to lay out the process for each company to create their own map. Very basic concepts, of course, but ones that I see being ignored by many.

If, for some reason, I’ve failed to communicate my core points, let me use this comment to be very clear. Know your market, customer, differentiation and sales process through and through. Gather information – both direct and tangentially. Only then can you possibly start making decisions about how to organize your company and move forward.

With this new, relatively complete set of information and an organization structured around it, you can drive the company forward at the most aggressive rate possible.

I think we’re in violent agreement :-)

]]> By: Forward Looking Weekend Reading http://www.2-speed.com/2009/01/remain-aggressive/#comment-55949 Forward Looking Weekend Reading Sat, 31 Jan 2009 21:16:03 +0000 http://www.2-speed.com/2009/01/remain-aggressive/#comment-55949 [...] Remain Aggressive: Will Herman is a long time friend (we’ve known each other since 1984), a fantastic CEO, and a dynamite board member.  He’s also a huge Patriots fan so his Belichick quote: “If you’re not getting better, you’re getting worse” is expected.  He also reminds us of the old Warren Buffet standard: “Be fearful when others are greedy.  Be greedy when others are fearful.”  If you are a CEO, read carefully. [...] [...] Remain Aggressive: Will Herman is a long time friend (we’ve known each other since 1984), a fantastic CEO, and a dynamite board member.  He’s also a huge Patriots fan so his Belichick quote: “If you’re not getting better, you’re getting worse” is expected.  He also reminds us of the old Warren Buffet standard: “Be fearful when others are greedy.  Be greedy when others are fearful.”  If you are a CEO, read carefully. [...]

]]> By: Matthew Mamet http://www.2-speed.com/2009/01/remain-aggressive/#comment-55936 Matthew Mamet Sat, 31 Jan 2009 18:32:42 +0000 http://www.2-speed.com/2009/01/remain-aggressive/#comment-55936 The silver lining of a down economy is that the Invisible Hand will wipe away those that are not strong enough to survive. To use an analogy from our youth, those that built their homes with sticks (Web 2.0 flash and buzz) find themselves crippled with panic and slashing costs left and right. Businesses that are built fundamentally strong and have a culture of metrics-based decision making will be able to surgical cut those programs or behaviors that are not providing enough value to the organization. Too many businesses since the first dot-com boom have continued to be run by gut instinct and not enough solid measurement. I'm all for staying aggressive, but advising some of these Boards and Founders to "keep moving forward" sometimes feels like advising them to drive without a map. The silver lining of a down economy is that the Invisible Hand will wipe away those that are not strong enough to survive. To use an analogy from our youth, those that built their homes with sticks (Web 2.0 flash and buzz) find themselves crippled with panic and slashing costs left and right. Businesses that are built fundamentally strong and have a culture of metrics-based decision making will be able to surgical cut those programs or behaviors that are not providing enough value to the organization. Too many businesses since the first dot-com boom have continued to be run by gut instinct and not enough solid measurement. I’m all for staying aggressive, but advising some of these Boards and Founders to “keep moving forward” sometimes feels like advising them to drive without a map.

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